Conditions & Diseases

Your eyes play an impor­tant role in your over­all health, but are often over­looked until a prob­lem occurs. Just like oth­er parts of your body, when not prop­er­ly cared for, your eyes can devel­op a vari­ety of con­di­tions includ­ing arthri­tis, cel­luli­tis or sun­burn. Board-cer­ti­fied oph­thal­mol­o­gist, Lisa Wohl, MD, shares some of the sur­pris­ing con­di­tions that can impact your eyes and what you can do to keep your eyes healthy.

Each year when spring and sum­mer roll around do you fear wear­ing shorts or your bathing suit due to your vari­cose veins? You don’t have to feel this way any­more! A min­i­mal­ly inva­sive treat­ment exists that can help get you the legs you want. Endove­nous laser treat­ment elim­i­nates unsight­ly vari­cose veins with an in-office pro­ce­dure, min­i­mal-to-no scar­ring or side effects and with a quick recov­ery. The endove­nous laser treat­ment pro­ce­dure is safe, fast, and effec­tive, per­formed by our high­ly trained, board-cer­ti­fied vas­cu­lar sur­geons. In less than an hour, you can be free from bulging, twist­ed vari­cose veins and back to enjoy­ing your every­day activities.

An over­ac­tive blad­der can dis­rupt your every­day liv­ing. You may feel embar­rassed, iso­late your­self, or lim­it your work and social life. But there are ways to take back control.

An asth­ma attack occurs when your bronchial tubes (which car­ry air to and from the lungs) become inflamed after expo­sure to cer­tain trig­gers. As they become inflamed, the bronchial tubes nar­row, mak­ing it hard­er for air to pass through. As a result, it can be dif­fi­cult to catch your breath or breathe nor­mal­ly. Dur­ing an asth­ma attack, it is com­mon to expe­ri­ence symp­toms such as cough­ing, short­ness of breath and wheezing.

Oto­scle­ro­sis, or ear drum scar­ring, can affect patients at any age and gen­er­al­ly wors­ens with time. After a patient under­goes a hear­ing test or audio­gram, an oto­laryn­gol­o­gist can deter­mine if a patient has ear drum scar­ring and if it can be treated.

Learn more about min­i­mal­ly-inva­sive treat­ment and surgery options for kid­ney can­cer (partial/​full nephrec­to­my) through the use of the da Vin­ci Sur­gi­cal System.

Can­cer, in gen­er­al, is a scary term. Edu­cat­ing your­self about can­cer and know­ing about the spe­cif­ic type of can­cer you are fac­ing can help you make deci­sions in your treat­ment plan. Let’s take a clos­er look at pan­cre­at­ic cancer.

Have you ever devel­oped a small cyst in the crease of your but­tocks or tail­bone? It may have been a small dim­ple, or could have start­ed that way and devel­oped into a large and painful mass. This con­di­tion is caused by pilonidal dis­ease and there are more than 70,000 cas­es diag­nosed in the US each year.

Tin­ni­tus is a symp­tom asso­ci­at­ed with many forms of hear­ing loss. It can also be a symp­tom of oth­er health prob­lems. Rough­ly 25 mil­lion Amer­i­cans have expe­ri­enced tin­ni­tus. Some cas­es are so severe that it inter­feres with a per­son­’s dai­ly activ­i­ties. Peo­ple with severe cas­es of tin­ni­tus may find it dif­fi­cult to hear, work, or even sleep.